Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Stevenson was born on 7 January 1737, her father, Henry Stevenson, was 34 and her mother, Jemima Merriman, was 27. She died from 1738 to 1831.
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- Jemima Stevenson, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- Jemima Stevenson, "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- Jemima Stevenson - birth: 7 January 1737; Maryland, United States
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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